Amp Headaches

[tanky321 10+ year member]

Well I took my Soundstream 700sx to get repaired for a stupid idiotic thing I did. One of the screws head broke off somehow. So I took the board out and cut a slit in the screw with my dremel. Came out fine. When I put it in my truck it spewed out smoke and what not and it smelled like ***. But anyways I got it fixed, when I got it back today I hooked it up and the same shit happened again. I had the gain turned down disconnected the power, and did everything like I was suppose too. Do you guys think I might have F'kd up my subs and now its causing the amp to blow? I dont think it would but its just an idea. They have my amp again, they have a 90 day guarentee or whatever.

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[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

Well I took my Soundstream 700sx to get repaired for a stupid idiotic thing I did. One of the screws head broke off somehow. So I took the board out and cut a slit in the screw with my dremel. Came out fine. When I put it in my truck it spewed out smoke and what not and it smelled like ***. But anyways I got it fixed, when I got it back today I hooked it up and the same shit happened again. I had the gain turned down disconnected the power, and did everything like I was suppose too. Do you guys think I might have F'kd up my subs and now its causing the amp to blow? I dont think it would but its just an idea. They have my amp again, they have a 90 day guarentee or whatever.

It sounds to me that during the disassembly process you managed to muck something up internally and not just where the stripped connection screw was. It also sounds like the repair place only addressed the stripped connection screw and nothing else. As all I have to go on is your description I could easily be wrong but currently that's my best guess.

 

[tanky321 10+ year member]

The repair place didnt replace the set screw. All they did was get it operational, so they say. They replaced a 10ohm resistor and an output transistor I think.

 

[tanky321 10+ year member]

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